News

By Fasalie Sulaiman Kamara

Assistant Registrar, Administration , at the West Africa Examinations Council Sierra Leone office, says they withheld 2,000 results pending investigation for suspected examination malpractices.

Speaking to Politico, Abdul Rahman Newland Newland insisted that WAEC had not cancelled the results and might release at least some of them later.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

A 32-year old, who claimed to be an agent for the European airline SN Brussels airline, has been refused bail after he made his first appearance in court on Tuesday for alleged fraud remanded in prison.

Thomas Koroma is standing before Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No. 2 in Freetown on two counts of obtaining money by false pretences after allegedly obtaining US$ 1, 300 from the complainant, Abdul Karim Kanu, on the pretext that he would provide him with an airline ticket to Ukraine.

Road Safety Monitors

By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema

124 Road Safety Monitors were yesterday deployed in strategic locations in the eastern headquarter town of Kenema after an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday. They are recruited and administered by the Passengers Welfare Association (PWA).

Alimamy Kamara and Benoit Sambou

Sierra Leone’s Youth Minister, Alimamy Kamara has paid a courtesy call on his Senegalese counterpart, Benoit Sambou at the end of the 4^th Pan- African summit of Youth Leaders in Dakar.

Khadi Mansaray

By Mustapha Sesay

A Sierra Leonean writer based in the United Kingdom has unveiled a publishing house to pressmen at the Harry Yansaneh Hall, SLAJ Headquarters in Freetown.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

Stakeholders in the Sierra Leone film industry have toughened their campaign against piracy by calling on the media to step forward and be part of the fight "to save the country’s young movie industry".

They made this call at the ministry of tourism in Freetown while addressing the media on the increase in the copyright infringement or piracy.

By Kenneth Thompson

President of the Sierra Leone Association (SLAJ) of Journalists says the current fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism must be a collective one that involves every Sierra Leonean.

Kelvin Lewis told a press conference organized by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in Freetown that his association was aware of efforts by the FIU to institute policies and strategies to track down on and significantly curtail the illegal activities of money launderers and financiers of terrorism.